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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






2. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






3. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






4. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






5. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






6. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






7. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






8. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






9. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






10. Multisensory Structured Language






11. Individual Educational Plan






12. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






13. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






14. State Board of Eduation






15. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






16. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






17. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






18. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






19. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






20. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






21. Ability to understand and express spoken language






22. Open syllable






23. English as a second language






24. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






25. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






26. Multisensory Structured Language Education






27. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






28. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






29. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






30. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






31. Academic Language Therapy Association






32. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






33. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






34. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






35. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






36. r-controlled syllable






37. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






38. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






39. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






40. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






41. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






42. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






43. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






44. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






45. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






46. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






47. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






48. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






49. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






50. Feeling through fingertips







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